様 — esq., way, manner

さま様 esq.

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 14 strokes

U+69D8 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #493 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1003 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

esq.
way
manner
situation
polite suffix

word

さま sama Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

様(さま) sama Mr./Ms. (polite suffix) 様(さま) 々 samazama various お客(きゃく) 様(さま) okyakusama customer (polite) 神(かみ) 様(さま) kamisama God 王(おう) 様(さま) ousama king お子(こ) 様(さま) okosama child (polite) 人(ひと) 様(さま) hitosama other people 皆(みな) 様(さま) minasama everyone (very polite)

よう you On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

同(どう) 様(よう) douyou same 様(よう) 子(す) yousu appearance 多(た) 様(よう) tayou diverse 仕(し) 様(よう) shiyou specification 様(よう) 式(しき) youshiki style 様(よう) 相(そう) yousou aspect 一(いち) 様(よう) ichiyou uniform 模(も) 様(よう) moyou pattern

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

き木 tree #75

ひつじ羊 sheep #123

氺 water (bottom form)

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#75 木 tree